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Term	Meaning	Comments
Z
zağarcı (5k bytes)	Keeper of the Sultan's hounds The traditional name of a janissary serving in the 64th Janissary Battalion.
zağarcıbaşı (5k bytes)	The commander of the 64th Janissary Battalion.
zanana (5k bytes)	An archaic term for harem.
zaviye (also, Zaviye) (5k bytes)	(1) A corner, nook. (2) A small dervish hospice that welcomed travelers.
zeamet (also, Zeamet or ziamet)	A large timar. A military fief, with a value of between twenty and a hundred akçes per annum. A synonym for subaşılık.
Zenanname An American woman -- Zenanname²²	The illustrated "Book of Women" (1776?) -- written by Enderunlu Fazıl Bey	It describes, in broad sexual terms, the 'straight' women of different nations in Fazıl Bey's day.
zırhlı nefer	An armoured soldier.	Ottoman soldier in armour⁹⁰
zindan	A prison.
Zindanı Kapısı	Prison Gate; one of the city gates of İstanbul, this one on the Golden Horn [Haliç].
zira	A unit of Ottoman measurement, one zira was the modern equivalent of 75.8 cm. (Also see arşun.)

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